The Daily Freeman reports that Suffolk County on Long Island on Oct. 26 became the third county in New York to ban microbeads in personal care products. The beads tiny beads show up in the bodies of fish and other wildlife after passing through water filtration systems without disintegrating Albany County is also currently considering a ban. Another proposal to ban microbead toiletries in Ulster County was tabled in committee earlier in October. Connecticut and California ban the beads, and a first effort in Albany for a statewide ban failed last year. Erie and Chautauqua counties, though, have passed bead bans. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.